emergency landings
Forced aircraft arrivals
Emergency landings are unplanned aircraft descents forced by mechanical failure, medical crisis, weather, or other urgent circumstances.
The term covers everything from controlled touchdowns at alternate airports to crash landings in fields or water.
Pilots train extensively for emergencies: The engine failure forced an emergency landing on a highway.
A water landing or ditching is an emergency landing on water.
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- ditchingHastily discarding something
- fireCombustion with flames
- smokeAirborne combustion byproduct
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Circular flight awaiting clearance
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